Mountain armadillo a rare winter find

6:39 PM,
Jan. 25, 2014

This armadillo was spotted Jan. 19 along Davidson River Road in the Pisgah National Forest by Roger Skillman of Pickens, S.C.

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A South Carolina man spotted one of just a few living armadillos in the mountains - and he has the photograph to prove it.

Roger Skillman, a high school science teacher from Pickens, S.C., was driving along Davidson River Road in Pisgah National Forest on the way to a hike when he saw the armadillo in a ditch last weekend.

"I had to slam on my brakes and stop and back up," he said. "I thought he would run away, but he didn't." ...